Digital Society
information age, computer age, postindustrial
society, network society and fourth industrial revolution.
What is Digital Society?
The act, process or instance of representing ideas, emotions and/or experiences using different modes and media
What is expression?
Investigating sets of interacting, interdependent and/or interconnected elements, usually through models, maps and visualizations that help us understand the connections within systems.
What is Systems Thinking?
1. The principles and ideas that we think are important.
2. The moral principles, both personal and group, that guide and govern our behaviour as individuals and communities.
What are
1. Value
2. Ethics
People living in rural areas where digital infrastructure and the internet are not easily accessible
What is Digital Divide?
Phones have morphed into different forms, from a single-purpose device into a multifunctional smartphone.
What is Change of Form.
Mr. Poon will give you 2 bonus points if you are the winner of this jeopardy. What kind of power is this?
What is Reward Power?
Decision about right and wrong based on the stakeholders and their perspective
What is Virtue/Character-based ethics?
All data and information used by digital systems.
This includes all text, images, photos, video, audio, music, software – all data and information are represented by a sequence
What are Binary and Bits
It is multifaceted and include aspects related to age, nationality, religion, culture, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, as well as social and economic class.
It can change over time
What are features of identity?
Please list 3 different types of spaces and provide examples
Local: Library, starbucks, multipurpose room, Mr. Poon’s classroom
Regional: UBC, Metro Vancouver, Banff, Victoria Island, Granville Island
National: Parliament Building in Montreal, Royal BC Museum, Canadian Flag, Maple Leaf, Lacrosse?
Global: USSR, International Space Station, Earth, Antarctica Base mcjig
Virtual: Tiktok, instagram, VR Chat, Amongus, MyPixels, Ms Teams, Pinterest
A company has developed a new software that can accurately predict when employees are likely to leave their jobs.
1. If using the software to proactively offer retention incentives risks violating employees' privacy, the company may have a duty to keep the information confidential.
2. Keeping the information confidential may also maximize overall happiness if it avoids any perception of intrusive monitoring and helps to build trust between the company and its employees.
1. Rule-based Ethics
2. Consequential-based Ethics
Bluetooth earphones is an example.
How to convert digital signal received to analogue so that it can be played and heard.
What are the potential harms and benefits that arise from identities created online? List 2 of each.
Benefits:
1. Online identities enable individuals to connect with people from around the world, fostering cross-cultural communication, collaboration, and understanding.
2. Online identities provide a platform for personal branding and professional networking. Individuals can build an online presence that showcases their skills, expertise, and achievements, which can enhance career opportunities and job prospects.
Harms:
1. Exposed individuals to privacy risks. Personal information shared online may be vulnerable to data breaches, identity theft, or misuse by malicious actors.
2. Online identities are sometimes used as a shield for cyberbullying and harassment. Enable users to engage in harmful behaviour, including online harassment, hate speech, and trolling.
Please list the 4 types of Powers out of the 6 Powers and give an example.
Coercive Rewards
Legitimate Expert
Respect Information
A shopkeeper saw a young man acting suspiciously in his shop with a gun in his hand who seemed to be under the influence of drugs. He took his shotgun from under the counter and told the man to stand still and put his hands up. The young man turned quickly, and the shopkeeper deliberately fired and killed him.
The man was protecting himself and his shop, so he should go free.
Character-based ethics
1. A retail store introducing an online shop to sell their products
2. A library has converted its archive from paper catalogue to an online database
1. What is Digitalization?
2. What is Digitization?
Provide 2 examples different aspects of our identity appear on digital platforms?
1. Personal Information: This information is typically required during the registration or account setup process.
2. Professional and Public Identity: Users can showcase their work history, skills, education, and professional achievements, making this aspect of their identity highly visible. (LinkedIn)
3. Interests and Hobbies: This might include posting about favourite books, movies, sports, or other recreational activities. These aspects of identity are often highly visible as they contribute to building online communities and connections based on shared interests.
Expression and Opinions: a common space for expressing opinions, values, and beliefs.
How is power embedded or exercised through specific digital systems, technologies and platforms? Provide 1 example and explain.
Data Control and Surveillance: Digital systems and platforms enable those who control them to gather and analyze vast amounts of data. T
Content Moderation and Censorship: These platforms can influence public discourse by deciding which content is allowed and which is not, potentially impacting freedom of expression.
To what extent can we program values and ethics into technologies that make decisions, such as artificial intelligence?
2 pros 2 cons
Benefits:
1. Ethical programming can help prevent harm by identifying and mitigating potential risks and unethical behaviours.
2. Standardized Decisions: This can help ensure that technology aligns with ethical standards and behaves in ways that are consistent with societal values.
Harms:
1. Values and ethics can vary among individuals, cultures, and contexts. Deciding whose values to program into technology can be a controversial issue.
2. Ethics are changing: They evolve over time in response to societal changes and debates. It can be difficult to update and adapt technology to reflect shifting ethical norms and emerging ethical challenges.